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US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 24, 2024
- 04:55 PM
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Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a top-severity security vulnerability in Progress Flowmon, a tool for monitoring network performance and visibility.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 04:08 PM
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ArcaneDoor hackers exploit Cisco zero-days to breach govt networks

Cisco warned today that a state-backed hacking group has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks worldwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 24, 2024
- 01:07 PM
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Google Meet opens client-side encrypted calls to non Google users

Google is updating the client-side encryption mechanism for Google Meet to allow external participants, including those without Google accounts, to join encrypted calls.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 11:44 AM
- 0
Windows 11 KB5036980 update goes live with Start Menu ads

Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 24, 2024
- 11:19 AM
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Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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Microsoft pulls fix for Outlook bug behind ICS security alerts

Microsoft reversed the fix for an Outlook bug causing erroneous security warnings after installing December 2023 security updates
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 23, 2024
- 05:50 PM
- 0
CoralRaider attacks use CDN cache to push info-stealer malware

A threat actor has been using a content delivery network cache to store information-stealing malware in an ongoing campaign targeting systems U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Japan.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 05:27 PM
- 0
Microsoft releases Exchange hotfixes for security update issues

Microsoft has released hotfix updates to address multiple known issues impacting Exchange servers after installing the March 2024 security updates.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 23, 2024
- 03:50 PM
- 0
US govt sanctions Iranians linked to government cyberattacks

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 23, 2024
- 02:40 PM
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DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors

The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking groups targeting defense industry entities to steal valuable technology information.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 12:56 PM
- 0
US imposes visa bans on 13 spyware makers and their families

The Department of State has started imposing visa restrictions on mercenary spyware makers and peddlers, prohibiting their entry into the United States, as announced earlier in February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 23, 2024
- 11:38 AM
- 0
Hackers hijack antivirus updates to drop GuptiMiner malware

North Korean hackers have been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to plant backdoors on big corporate networks and deliver cryptocurrency miners through GuptiMiner malware.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 10:56 AM
- 0
UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 10:28 AM
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Microsoft: APT28 hackers exploit Windows flaw reported by NSA

Microsoft warns that the Russian APT28 threat group exploits a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability to escalate privileges and steal credentials and data using a previously unknown hacking tool called GooseEgg.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 22, 2024
- 01:22 PM
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Synlab Italia suspends operations following ransomware attack

Synlab Italia has suspended all its medical diagnostic and testing services after a ransomware attack forced its IT systems to be taken offline.
- Bill Toulas
- April 22, 2024
- 11:27 AM
- 0
GitLab affected by GitHub-style CDN flaw allowing malware hosting

BleepingComputer recently reported how a GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. It turns out, GitLab is also affected by this issue and could be abused in a similar fashion.
- Ax Sharma
- April 22, 2024
- 11:05 AM
- 0
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Russian Sandworm hackers targeted 20 critical orgs in Ukraine

Russian hacker group Sandworm aimed to disrupt operations at around 20 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, according to a report from the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).
- Bill Toulas
- April 22, 2024
- 08:30 AM
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Malware dev lures child exploiters into honeytrap to extort them

You rarely root for a cybercriminal, but a new malware campaign targeting child exploiters doesn't make you feel bad for the victims.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 21, 2024
- 02:49 PM
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